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Over the past two weeks, two Bollywood films have dominated the conversation across print, video, and social media.  The spy thriller Dhurandhar 2 (still raking in the crores), and Ranbir Kapoor's Ramayana , whose polarising teaser sparked both massive buzz and intense trolling. This brings us to a filmmaker who mastered these two very different genres: the gritty spy thriller and the timeless sacred epic.  He was the man who gave India its first genuine, big-budget spy blockbuster and its most beloved on-screen Ramayan . His name was Chandramouli Chopra. Never heard of him? Don't worry. He changed his name, and the world came to know him as Ramanand Sagar. Yes, the same Ramanand Sagar who created the 1980s TV phenomenon Ramayan . A show that an entire generation claimed as their own, and one that, even today, is regarded as the gold standard of mythological storytelling. But long before he brought the gods to the small screen, he was busy defining the grammar of the In...

There is a certain image that every celebrity has to maintain when it comes to the glitz and glamour of the entertainment industry. Sameera Reddy recently got candid about splurging money on expensive items in the 2000s and how she stopped it. What's Happening In a candid conversation with Hauterfly, Sameera Reddy displayed some of her most luxe items worth lakhs. She has a horde of luxury bags, some even ranging between Rs 3 lakh-4 lakh-frivolous spending at its peak to gel with the image of showing one's success. Sameera Reddy said, "Back then I was a shopaholic." Recalling one of her luxury bag purchases, she said, "This is Dior Gaucho bag. This is from 2005. When I just started films, I felt like I needed all the latest bags. I remember this was one of the first bags I got. I bought these bags because I felt the pressure to fit in. People usually say how they love bags, but I really bought these things so that people will think I had arrived. Now when I...

Rajasthan Royals young sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi continued his golden run of form as the 15-year-old slammed a half-century off just 15 deliveries during the IPL 2026 match in Guwahati against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Friday. The knock consisted of seven fours and four sixes as the left-handed opener took the likes of Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar to the cleaners. Sooryavanshi started proceedings with two fours off Bhuvneshwar in the first over, and although Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed in the second over, the youngster continued his onslaught as he slammed three fours and one six in four consecutive deliveries against Hazlewood. This was the second time Sooryavanshi scored a 15-ball fifty after achieving the same against Chennai Super Kings earlier in IPL 2026 at the Barsapara Stadium. Fastest fifty by an Indian in IPL (by balls) 13 - Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR) vs KKR, Kolkata, 2023 14 - KL Rahul (PBKS) vs DC, Mohali, 2018 15 - Yusuf Pathan (KKR) vs SRH, Kolkata...

Pop culture and Bollywood often extend their influence beyond entertainment, shaping trends and reviving forgotten favourites. Following the success of Dhurandhar - Part One and Part Two, a classic desi beverage has found renewed popularity among audiences. If you have watched the film, you already know what we are referring to: doodh soda. What Is Doodh Soda? Made by mixing chilled milk with carbonated soda, doodh soda is typically sweetened with sugar and ice, and sometimes flavoured with rose syrup or other essences. Light, fizzy and refreshing, it is a drink closely associated with summer, especially in North India. In the film, Gaurav Gera's character Mohammad Aalam runs a juice shop in Lyari, Pakistan. His line, "Darling, darling, dil kyun toda. Peelo peelo, Aalam soda," served not only as a coded message within the story for Ranveer Singh's character Hamza , but also reignited curiosity and nostalgia for doodh soda among viewers. In Delhi, two modest shop...

Congress leader Pawan Khera's pre-arrest bail hearing in the Telangana High Court over a complaint filed by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma turned heated on Thursday, with lawyers of both sides using phrases like "constitutional cowboys" and "international khiladi " to make their arguments before the court. Pawan Khera, a Congress spokesperson, moved the high court after the Assam Police filed a case against him over his allegation that Sarma and his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sharma possessed clandestine foreign passports and overseas assets. Based on a complaint by Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, the police filed charges of forgery, cheating, criminal intimidation, conspiracy, and defamation against the Congress leader. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Pawan Khera, alleged that the FIR had been loaded with every possible charge to exert pressure on a political opponent. He argued that even if the Congress leader's statements turned out to be ...

Israel's opposition leaders swiftly criticised the ceasefire with Iran on Wednesday, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of failing to achieve the war's objectives. The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in an 11th-hour bid to avert all-out destruction of Iran threatened by US President Donald Trump. Netanyahu's office said Israel supported Trump's decision to suspend the bombing of Iran, but maintained the ceasefire "does not include Lebanon" where Israeli forces are fighting Iran-backed Hezbollah. "There has never been a political disaster like this in our entire history. Israel was not even close to the table when decisions were made concerning the core of our national security," the country's main opposition leader Yair Lapid wrote on X. "The army carried out everything that was asked of it, and the public showed remarkable resilience, but Netanyahu failed politically, failed strategically, and did not achie...